module6 reading and vocabulary教案 外研版必修4

Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural WorldReading and Vocabulary-教案Teaching Goals:1. To let Ss master how to get useful information from a passage.2. To let Ss master some words and phrases.3. To get Ss to talk something about a monster.4. To help Ss write a story about another monster.Teaching procedures:Step 1. Revision: Purpose: To check whether Ss master what theyve learnt in the last period or not.Ask Ss to answer the following questions.(1) What will the Yeti do when it gets angry?(2) What does the Bigfoot look like?(3) Where does the Grey man live?(4) Whats the Loch Ness Monster like?Suggested Answers:(1) It will attack anyone who goes close to it.(2) It looks like a very large monkey tall and hairy with big arms and legs.(3) The Grey man lives on mountains in Scotland.(4) It has a small head and a long tail and some people believe it is a dinosaur.Step 2. Leading-inPurpose: To let Ss have a discussion about the Monster of Lake Tianchi.1. Group workShow four pictures and ask Ss to say something about the Lake Tianchi and the monster. 2. Group workLet Ss reported their discussions to the class and collect them. Then give a simple introduction to lead in the reading. For your reference:Lake Tianchi is located in the north-eastern Jilin province near the border of North Korea, in China. The lake is 1,243 feet deep and has had some volcanic activity in the last 300 years. Tianchi is honoured as the deepest mountain lake and the largest crater lake in China.There have been more than 30 reported sightings by tourists from home and abroad over the past 20 years. They said that they saw the great monster in the lake. There are quite a few pictures and videos of this creature, but none is clear enough to give a good appearance of it. Some persons made the picture with computer images of it based on interviews. Someone drew a picture to show its shape, but it remains unconfirmed.Step 3. ReadingPurpose: To improve Ss reading skills.1. Skimming Ask Ss to read the beginning of the passage and finish Activity 1 on page 52.Suggested Answers: A newspaper.2. Scanning (1) Ask Ss to read the first paragraph quickly and answer the two questions. According to the text, what did the monster look like? How many people saw it?Suggested Answers: Black in color; jumped like a seal; its head looked like a horse. About 200(2) Ask Ss to read the second paragraph and answer the questions: Who else saw the animal? What were they doing? What did it look like?Suggested Answers: A group of soldiers They were walking along the side of the lake. It was greenish-black and had a round head with 10cm horns.(3) Ask Ss to read the third and fourth paragraph and answer the questions. What did Li Xiaohe see? Why could they see the animal clearly? How long was the history of reports of monsters in Lake Tianchi? What do many people think? What do the scientists think?Suggested Answers: A round black creature moving quickly through the water. After 300 or 400 meters it dived into the water. The weather was fine and the lake was calm. Since the beginning of the last century. The monster may be a distant cousin of the Loch Ness monster in Scotland and there might be similar creatures in other lakes around the world. The low-temperature lake is unlikely to be able to support such large living creatures.(4) Ask Ss to read the last paragraph and give the following information about Lake Tianchi:Height: Area: Depth: Suggested Answers: 2189 m 10 km2 370 m deep in some places4. Post-reading Ask Ss to do Activity 4 on page 53. Then check their answers.Suggested Answers: (1) a (2) a (3) a (4) b (5) c (6)a (7) a (8) c (9) c (10) bStep 4. Language PointsPurpose: To let Ss understand the passage well.1.Group workAsk Ss to discuss the important and difficult language points in groups.(1) It often gets angry and will attack anyone who goes close to it. (Page 51) 它经常生气，会袭击靠近它的任何人.attack vt & vi 袭击Eg A girl was attacked and robbed by two strong men. The enemy attacked during the night.【拓展】 attack vt 抨击attack sb / sth for sth 为某事抨击某人 Eg He was attacked for his corruption. attack nlaunch / make an attack (on sb / sth) 攻击某人或者某物 Eg They launched an attack on racism.(2) He claims to have seen a round black creature moving quickly through the water. （Page 52）他说他看见一个圆形黑色的东西在湖面快速游过。claim vt宣称，声称（后可跟that从句或动词不定式） Eg I dont claim to be an expert. He claimed he should be given a fairer opportunity. 【拓展】 claim的意思还有： vt 要求，认领Eg Has anyone claimed this watch? vt索赔，索取Eg Did you claim the insurance after your car accident? vt 注意，思考Eg The matter claims our attention.(3) It is 2,189 metres high and covers an area of about ten square kilometers. （Page 52）天池海拔2189米，面积有10平方公里cover an area of意为“占有空间”,也可以只用cover表示此意。Eg The town covers (an area of) 5 square miles. 【拓展】 cover 的其他意思还有： vt 覆盖Eg The mountain is covered with snow all the year round. vt包含，涉及Eg The lecture covers many aspects of business. vt走完（一段路程）Eg I can cover the distance on foot in two hours. vt报道Eg The reporters are covering the fire for a newspaper. (4) They say that the low-temperature lake is unlikely to be able to support such large living creatures. （Page 52）他们说，温度低的湖中不可能存活如此大的生物。 be (un)likely to do （不）可能做Eg Youre likely to catch a cold if you go out now.【拓展】Its likely that 有可能Eg Its likely that he will be late. = He is likely to be late.2. Individual workAsk Ss to fill the blanks of the summary according to the passage.The “Monster” of Lake Tianchi, the highest _(1)_ lake in the world, is _(2)_ after several recent sightings. But no one has ever got a clear look at the _(3)_ creature. In one sighting, as is _(4)_ by the director of a local tourist office, it is black and _(5)_ the water like a seal. In another recent sighting, a group of soldiers watched it _(6)_ for about 2 minutes. A third report came from a family who _(7)_ to _(8)_ a round black creature _(9)_ quickly through the water and then _(10)_the water. Many people think the monster may be a _(11)_cousin of the Loch Ness monster in Scotland. Scientists, however, are _(12)_, because the low-temperature lake is _(13)_ to be able to _(14)_ such a large _(15)_ creature.Suggested Answers:(1) volcanic (2) back in the news (3) mysterious (4) claimed(5) jumped out of(6) swimming (7) claimed (8) have seen (9) moving(10) diving into(11) distant(12) sceptical (13) unlikely (14) support (15) livingStep 5. WritingPurpose: To enable Ss to learn how to write